Religious humanism and the Victorian novel : George Eliot, Walter Pater, and Samuel Butler / by U. C. Knoepflmacher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knoepflmacher, U. C., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century.

English fiction.

Humanism, Religious.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1970.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Contents: I. Religion, evolution, and the novel; 1. 1888 and a look backwards; 2. George Eliot, Walter Pater, and Samuel Butler: three types of search; II. George Eliot: the search for a religious tradition; 1. George Eliot and science; 2. George Eliot and the "higher criticism"; 3. George Eliot, Matthew Arnold, and tradition; III. Middlemarch: the balance of a progress; 1. "Heart" and "mind": two forms of progress; 2. "Modes of religion" (a); 3. Modes of religion" (b); 4. The "metaphysics" of Middlemarch; IV. Daniel Deronda: tradition as synthesis and salvation; 1. Middlemarch and the two "worlds" of Daniel Deronda; 2. Hebraism as nationality; 3. Hebraism as religious belief; V. Walter Pater: the search for a religious atmosphere; 1. Pater's "imaginary portraits"; 2. Pater's "religion of sanity"; VI. The "atmospheres" of Marius the Epicurean; 1. The pilgrimage of Marius (a); 2. The pilgrimage of Marius (b); 3. The Christian death of a pagan; VII. Samuel Butler: the search for a religious crossing; 1. The creation of a faith (1859-1872); 2. The consolidation of a faith (1873-1886); VIII. Reality and Utopia in The way of all flesh; 1. The "past selves" of Ernest Pontifex; 2. The conversion of Ernest Pontifex; 3. The creed of Ernest Pontifex; Appendixes; IndexOriginally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Religion, Evolution, and the Novel

II. George Eliot: The Search for a Religious Tradition

III. Middlemarch: The Balance of Progress

IV. Daniel Deronda: Tradition as Synthesis and Salvation

V. Walter Pater: The Search for a Religious Atmosphere

VI. The "Atmospheres" of Martus the Epicurean

VII. Samuel Butler: The Search for a Religious Crossing

VIII. Reality and Utopia in The Way of All Flesh

Appendix I

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691647845

0691647844

9780691621159

0691621152

9780691012957

0691012954

9781400872459

1400872456

OCLC:

933516343